Show tUlLE PEtER AND THE INDIANS the Adventures of a Boy Wtom Some Marauding Commanches left to Perish Frank M Collier writes from Meridian giving his recollection of an old occurrence never before mentioned In mint that reminds one of the Charlie McComas case Several years ego a squad of eight Indians came into Commanche County near Jones Barbees ranch j en Kesleys Creek A negro was out some half a mile from the house unhobblingaomeborEes The Indians ran upon him ana lanced him in several places The negro said Dey kill me for awhile and de Injuns think I was dead for good rat I wasnt I played possum on I em and dey didnt sbulp die nigger bore After the Indians left the negro get up and went to the house minus the horses and reported to Massa Barbee that his hoaaea was gone and nigger too almost The Indians after leaving the negro passed on down the valley and coming upon John Beene and a nero ne-ro killed both men Peter C Johnson and his little son Peter C then In his tenth year had been to Waco to purchase family fam-Ily supplies and were returning home and after passing Meridian Peak some 1200 yards the Indians surrounding the wagon killed Uncle Peter and captured little Peter rifled the wagon and struck out up Bosque Valley In the meantime mean-time a scout from Besleys Creek and the Leon Valley had hurriedly taken the trail On the Clear Fork or the Brazos from some cause unknown the Indians diana dropped little Peter inking ink-ing his coat hat and socks leaving him with nothing on but his shirt Bud pants fifty or seventyfive miles from the nearest ranch in the month of January with nothing to subsIst upon and no means of procuring curing any and liable to be devoured voured at any moment by hungry wolves He had wandered from the trail and the scout in pursuit had failed to find him but in this ES in many other instances Providence t apparently protected the helpless Little Peter lived five days and nights without a single bite to eat save grass roots On the evening of the sixth day he was found by a company of cowhunters that Bill KeIth had sent out to make a roundup The little fellow had found the cattle and had remained with them thinking perchance he could procure milk from some of the cows but in this ho failed the cows being too wild but the cowhunters found him in time to revive and save him A cod drizzling norther was blowing at the time and the little fellow would evidently have frozen to death during the night that ensued When brought to Cora a few days after his being found he was tho poorest living object ob-ject imaginablen mere skeleton The writer of this sketch took him in his arms and carrsed him around over the town and procured a present pres-ent of SI from every man in the town |